Integrated Blood-Barcode Chip Means Cheap,Fast Blood Tests
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 15:42
in Health & Medicine
A new "barcode chip" developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) promises to revolutionize diagnostic medical testing. In less than 10 minutes, and using just a pinprick's worth of blood, the chip can measure the concentrations of dozens of proteins, including those that herald the presence of diseases like cancer and heart disease. read more
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